Word Meanings - MISTRESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See Master, Mister, 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc. The late queen's gentlewoman!

Additional info about word: MISTRESS

magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See Master, Mister, 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc. The late queen's gentlewoman! a knight's daughter! To be her mistress' mistress! Shak. 2. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it. A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic. Addison. 3. A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. Clarendon. 4. A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. Spectator. 5. A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. Now Mistress Gilpin . Cowper. 6. A married woman; a wife. Several of the neighboring mistresses had assembled to witness the event of this memorable evening. Sir W. Scott. 7. The old name of the jack at bowls. Beau. & Fl. To be one's own mistress, to be exempt from control by another person.

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  Without a chief or leader.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• FEMALE
  A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant. (more info) 1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• SCHOOL-TEACHER
  One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n.
• POWERFUL
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• POWERABLE
  1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
• MASTERSHIP
  1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what
• MAGISTERIALITY
  Magisterialness; authoritativeness. Fuller.
• MASTEROUS
  Masterly. Milton.
• HAVELOCK
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• FAMILY
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• MAGISTERY
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• QUEENDOM
  The dominion, condition, or character of a queen. Mrs. Browning.
• HAVE
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• SCHOOLHOUSE
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• CREMASTERIC
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• UNQUEEN
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